Yes, combined with the fact that the fellow's head was *inside* his car when the cops approached. They probably startled him and he reacted normally. The cops didn't anticipate this reaction and opened fire in response.
Any untrained group of morons could have done that, which raises serious questions about today's law-enforcement training programs. Not just this sheriff's departmental training, but the standardized curriculum as offered by places such as Herzing College or University of Phoenix.
And then there's the issue of "first-person-shooter" video games being tweaked and used as police "training tools". We always see comments about these games influencing the kids who go postal on their classmates, but the same sort of video-based training can desensitize cops just as easily.
And then there's the issue of "first-person-shooter" video games being tweaked and used as police "training tools". We always see comments about these games influencing the kids who go postal on their classmates, but the same sort of video-based training can desensitize cops just as easily.
This "attitude" training is criminal.
Some years ago I reviewed a study training workshop where an experimental video training program was tested by an equal number of cop and civilian CCW holders.
Randomly distributed among the bad guy scenarios, were several innocent scenarios like an unknown person turns and displays a handheld card that says: I am a Deaf Mute. I can read lips."
9 out of 10 cops fired on the subject and 9 out of 10 civilians did not.